Board Member Challenge
Supporting The National Land Conservation Community - A Vital Commitment
We all benefit from national conservation initiatives – making the tax incentive permanent, a comprehensive training curriculum, legal defense, and more.
When you participate in the Alliance’s Board Member Challenge, you and your board will increase your land conservation impact by supporting conservation leaders who work nationally to strengthen land trusts. You'll also help advance a shared vision for local land protection.
Take The Challenge
All it takes to support the national community is becoming an individual member of the Land Trust Alliance with a gift of $35 or more. Join now >>
Special 2009 Benefit: Enter to win a Rally '09 basic registration!
If you have 100% board participation in the Challenge by August 7th, you will be eligible to receive one of four complimentary basic registrations to Rally ’09. Winners will be announced August 10th. More benefits >>
Make A Difference
Be a part of this successful group of Challenge participants who are providing leadership for the larger land trust movement:
100% Board Participation
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Alachua Conservation Trust Founded: 1988 Area(s) served: Alachua County, Florida http://alachuaconservationtrust.org |
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Central Savannah River Land Trust Founded: 2001
Area(s) served: Richmond County, Georgiahttp://crslt.org |
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Colchester Land Trust Founded: 2003 Area(s) served: New London County, Connecticut http://www.colchesterlandtrust.org |
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Columbia Land Conservancy Founded: 1986 Area(s) served: Columbia County, New York http://www.clctrust.org |
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Eagle Valley Land Trust Founded: 1981 Area(s) served: Eagle River Valley, Colorado River Valley in Colorado http://www.evlt.org |
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Eastern Sierra Land Trust Founded: 2001 Area(s) served: Alpine, Inyo, and Mono counties in California http://www.easternsierralandtrust.org |
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Gates Mills Land Conservancy Founded: 1988 Areas served: Cuyahoga County, Ohio http://www.gatesmillslandconservancy.com |
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Hudson Highlands Land Trust Founded: 1989 Area(s) served: Orange, Putnam, and Westchester counties in New York http://www.hhlt.org |
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Lancaster Farmland Trust Founded: 1988 Area(s) served: Lancaster county in Pennsylvania http://www.lancasterfarmlandtrust.org |
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Minnesota Land Trust Founded: 1991 Area(s) served: Ramsey county in Minnesota http://www.mnland.org |
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Natural Lands Trust Founded: 1953 Area(s) served: Delaware; Cecil County, Maryland; Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties in New Jersey; Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northhampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Schuylkill, and Wayne counties in Pennsylvania http://www.natlands.org |
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Orient Land Trust Founded: 2001 Area(s) served: San Luis Valley, Colorado http://www.olt.org |
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Peconic Land Trust Founded: 1983 Area(s) served: Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York http://www.peconiclandtrust.org |
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Riverland Conservancy Founded: 1997 Areas served: Iowa, Wisconsin http://www.riverlandconservancy.org |
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Sarasota Conservation Foundation Founded: 2003 Area(s) served: Sarasota County, Florida http://www.sarasotaconservation.org |
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Tri-Valley Conservancy Founded: 2003 Area(s) served: Alameda County, California http://www.trivalleyconservancy.org |
50% + Board Participation
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1,000 Islands Land Trust Founded: 1985 Area(s) served: Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties in New York http://www.tilandtrust.org |
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The Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust Founded: 1987 Area(s) served: Merrimack and Sullivan counties in New Hampshire http://www.ausbonsargent.org |
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Boxford Trails Association / Boxford Open Land Trust Founded: 1978 Area(s) served: Essex County, Massachusetts http://www.btabolt.org |
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Cayucos Land Conservancy Founded: 1999 Area(s) served: http://www.cayucoslandconservancy.org |
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Coastal Mountains Land Trust Founded: 1986 Area(s) served: Knox and Waldo counties in Maine http://www.coastalmountains.org |
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Chikaming Open Lands Founded: 1999 Area(s) served: Galien River Watershed in Michigan http://www.chikamingopenlands.org |
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Columbia Land Trust Founded: 1990 Area(s) served: Columbia River region http://www.columbialandtrust.org |
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Dutchess Land Conservancy Founded: 1985 Area(s) served: Dutchess County, New York http://www.dutchesslandconservancy.org |
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Feather River Land Trust Founded: 2000 Area(s) served: Butte, Lassen, Plumas, and Sierra counties in California http://www.frlt.org |
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Finger Lakes Land Trust Founded: 1989 Area(s) served: Cayuoga, Cheming, Cortland, Livingston, Onondaga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, and Yates counties in New York http://www.fllt.org |
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Forest Society of Maine Founded: 1984 Area(s) served: Maine http://www.fsmaine.org |
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Genesee Valley Conservancy Founded: 1990 Area(s) served: Livingston County, New York http://www.genesseevalleyconservancy.org |
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Great Peninsula Conservancy Founded: 1980 Area(s) served: Washington http://www.greatpeninsula.org |
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HeadWaters Land Conservancy Founded: 1993 Area(s) served: Michigan http://www.headwatersconservancy.org |
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Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Founded: 1979Area(s) served: Polk County, Iowa http://www.inhf.org |
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Kiawah Conservancy Founded: 1997 Area(s) served: Charleston County, South Carolina http://www.kiawahconservancy.org |
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Land Trust for Santa Barbara County Founded: 1985 Area(s) served: Santa Barbara County, California http://www.sblandtrust.org |
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Land Trust for Tennessee Founded: 1999 Area(s) served: Tennessee http://www.landtrusttn.org |
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Lemon Bay Conservancy Founded: 1971 Area(s) served: Charlotte and Sarasota counties in Florida http://www.lemonbayconservancy.org |
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Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Founded: 1992 Area(s) served: Helderburg Escarpment, Hudson River Valley, Mohawk River Valley, Albany, and Pine Bush in New York http://www.mohawkhudson.org |
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New York Agricultural Land Trust Founded: Area(s) served: http://www.nyalt.org |
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Palmer Land Trust Founded: 1977 Area(s) served: Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo, and Teller counties in Colorado http://www.palmerlandtrust.org |
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Putnam Land Conservancy Founded: Area(s) served: http://www.putnamlandconservancy.org |
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River Fields Founded: Area(s) served: Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana; Jefferson, Meade, and Oldham counties in Kentucky http://www.riverfields.org |
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Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation Founded: 1967 Area(s) served: Florida http://www.sccf.org |
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Scenic Hudson Land Trust Founded: 1963 Area(s) served: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York http://www.scenichudson.org |
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Sierra Foothill Conservancy Founded: 1996 Area(s) served: Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa counties in California http://www.sierrafoothill.org |
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Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy Founded: 1990 Area(s) served: Southeastern Michigan http://www.oaklandlandconservancy.org |
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Southbury Land Trust, Inc. Founded: 1978 Area(s) served: New Haven County, Connecticut http://www.southburylandtrust.org |
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Squam Lakes Conservation Society Founded: 1961 Area(s) served: Belknap, Carroll, and Grafton counties in New Hampshire http://www.squamlakes.com |
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Summit Land Conservancy Founded: 1997 Area(s) served: Summit County, Utah http://www.summitlandconservancy.org |
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Teton Regional Land Trust Founded: 1990 Area(s) served: Bonneville, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and Teton counties in Idaho http://www.tetonlandtrust.org |
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Upstate Forever Founded: 1998 Area(s) served: http://www.upstateforever.org |
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Wallkill Valley Land Trust Founded: 1987 Area(s) served: Ulster County, New York http://www.wallkillvalleylt.org |
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Western New York Land Conservancy Founded: 1991 Area(s) served: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming counties in New York http://www.wnylc.org |
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Willistown Conservation Trust Founded: 1979 Area(s) served: Chester and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania http://www.wctrust.org |
How the Board Member Challenge Works
If you are a board member of a land trust, this Challenge is an opportunity for you and your fellow board members to join a national community of dedicated conservation leaders working together to strengthen land trusts and advance a shared vision for local land protection.
If you are a staff member of a land trust, this Challenge is an opportunity to get your board members more involved with the land trust community and take action on critical national issues that affect your local land protection work.
Benefits of Participating
When 50% or more of your land trust's board members become individual members of the Land Trust Alliance with a gift of $35 or more, your land trust will be recognized and celebrated nationally for providing leadership for America's land conservation community.
And for a limited time, 100% participation makes you eligible to win one of four Rally basic registrations - winners announced in August.
Your land trust will be prominently recognized:
- On the Land Trust Alliance website
- In Saving Land, the national journal of land conservation
- Throughout the National Land Conservation Conference: Rally 2009 in Portland
However and whenever we can, we will celebrate your land trust for taking action on the critical national issues affecting all of our conservation work.
Thank you for investing in the future success of the land trust movement by taking the Challenge today!
To get started, join the Alliance now or request a Board Challenge brochure, "Strength in Numbers: The Power of a National Land Conservation Community" by contacting Suzanne Erera, at 202-638-4725, xt. 324, or via e-mail at serera@lta.org.
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